Petition Florida legislators to back fracking ban | Letters

I am one of many Floridians who recently flocked to Tallahassee in support of legislation to ban fracking. Dan Sweeney's article on the bill inspired me to write this call-to-action. If the bill appears to be "dead on arrival in the House," then we need to call on our state representatives to bring the bill back to life.

Fracking threatens our drinking water and contributes to climate change. We also need to support a national carbon fee and dividend program, advocated by the Citizens' Climate Lobby, that would stimulate development of clean, renewable energy. The program calls for fossil fuel extractors/importers to pay a fee based on carbon emissions. The collected money is returned to the American people in the form of a dividend. We need to engage local legislators to influence national policies.